Re: Mountain rifles
So I shot a 280 ackley kimber mountain ascent and a 280 ackley backcountry side by side last night and gave each of them a little going over. They’re really comparable rifles for ergonomics and feel. I shot both of them at a 300m gong with ease and I’m sure their accuracy potential would be equal.
The kimber- I found the action a bit sloppy and not so smooth and I didn’t like how high you have to throw the bolt, it almost hits the scope. This gun didn’t have a break on it, but the felt recoil was substantially higher and it jumped right off of the sandbags I was resting on. I’d have to check the weight differences, but I’m betting the kimber is slightly heavier, or at least the barrel profile is as you can feel the weight out there(I checked the weights and the kimber actually comes in lighter, so it must just be a heavier barrel profile). The thing that was really impressive was the trigger. He didn’t measure it, but it was way lighter than the weatherby.
The weatherby- Like I said, ergonomics are pretty similar. Not that I’d ever be shooting freehand, but it holds really nice and balanced with the light profile barrel. I have mixed feelings on the recoil pad. It absorbs a lot of the recoil, but it’s deformed from standing up on the pad in the safe. It’s a soft piece of rubber and it squishes and doesn’t return right away. Apparently it does go back to normal after a while, but I wouldn’t store it on its butt pad, I’d have to figure something else out. The trigger is the deal breaker for me. This trigger hasn’t been messed with but I’d be willing to bet it’s right around 2.5 pounds. If you can’t turn that down or buy a replacement to turn down than it would be out of the question for me.
Than comes caliber selection. If I got this right, the smaller kimber calibres are 6.5 creed, 7-08 or the 280 ackley. I think the caliber selections for the weatherby were far better, other than a lot of them were the weatherby mgnums which might be harder/more expensive to shoot.
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